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Her Fashion Brand Empowers Women in Guatemala
From: The Story Exchange
Caption: Ruth Alvarez-DeGolia, Credit: Mercado Global
Ruth Alvarez-DeGolia helps women artisans tap international markets through her social enterprise, Mercado Global -- allowing them to earn critical...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2022
  • Length: 10:58
Redefining Latino Identity
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Join co-host Ray Suarez and VICE's Paola Ramos for a conversation on how communities from New York to Texas and California are defining the controv...

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  • Added: Dec 09, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
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What Biden Can Do to Secure Our Climate Future
From: Mateo Schimpf
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On this week’s episode, we discuss climate policy with former California Governor Jerry Brown, oceanographer Sylvia Earle and former Colombian pres...

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  • Added: Dec 02, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
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The Lure of Authoritarianism + Biden’s Foreign Policy
From: Mateo Schimpf
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On this episode, we’re looking at the Biden Administration’s foreign policy challenges and how Trump compares to past authoritarian leaders.

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  • Added: Nov 25, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
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Is Trump Setting Too Many Fires for Biden to Put Out?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this episode, career diplomat Nicholas Burns talks with Ray Suarez about the Trump Administration’s recent maneuvers abroad and how to rebuild U...

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  • Added: Nov 25, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
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A Big Deal, Not a Peace Deal
From: Mateo Schimpf
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This month, Israel signed deals with two Gulf States on the White House South Lawn. These are the first Arab-Israel agreements in 25 years, known a...

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  • Added: Sep 30, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Universal Basic Income: Does it Work?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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What if we could lower COVID-19 rates all over the world with one program? It’s not a medical innovation, but an economic one. If all the world’s c...

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  • Added: Sep 16, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
From Oakland to Johannesburg: Can We Reform the Police?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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The United States is three months into a mass movement against police violence. We are the midst of a national conversation about the relationship ...

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  • Added: Sep 09, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
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Why We Still Need to Talk About White Supremacy
From: Mateo Schimpf
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It’s been three months since George Floyd was killed by a white police officer in Minnesota. The movement prompted an outpouring from lawmakers in ...

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  • Added: Aug 26, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Coronavirus and Sub-Saharan Africa
From: Mateo Schimpf
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This week, we’re looking at Uganda and Rwanda, two countries who have fought pandemics before and were ready for this one. Both countries have lost...

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  • Added: Aug 19, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
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How Developing Nations Are Fighting COVID-19...And Winning
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Even with its close proximity to China, where the pandemic started, parts of Southeast Asia have managed to control the coronavirus far better than...

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  • Added: Aug 12, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Russia, Afghanistan and America’s Longest War
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this episode, we take a closer look at how the war in Afghanistan has served as a proxy conflict between the US and Russia and how it fits into ...

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  • Added: Jul 29, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Responding to Rogue States
From: Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Series: Talking Foreign Policy
Caption: Michael Scharf
At the United Nations last year, President Trump labelled North Korea, Iran, Syria, and Venezuela “rogue States.” Since then, the Trump Administrat...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2018
  • Length: 59:01
The North Korea Summit
From: Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Series: Talking Foreign Policy
Caption: Michael Scharf
The United States and North Korea — two countries that fought a brutal war and never made peace. Last March, the two countries agreed to hold a hi...

  • Added: May 25, 2018
  • Length: 59:24
Jesner v. Arab Bank
From: Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Series: Talking Foreign Policy
Caption: Michael Scharf
On Wednesday, October 11, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Jesner v. Arab Bank, a case that will determine if corporations can be sue...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2017
  • Length: 59:04
It's Complicated
From: Mike Dakkak
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Russian advertising campaigns on American social media campaigns during last year's Presidential Election.

  • Added: Oct 14, 2017
  • Length: 33:12
Art, Diplomacy, and Accountability
From: Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Series: Talking Foreign Policy
Caption: Michael Scharf
A panel of international experts from London, Washington, and Cleveland -- including the Director of the International Bar Association, an Internat...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
National Security and the Presidential Primaries
From: Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Series: Talking Foreign Policy
Caption: Michael Scharf
Combatting ISIS, relations with China, and immigration policy have emerged as major issues in the 2016 Presidential Primaries. In this broadcast o...

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  • Added: Feb 15, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
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Modi and Nehru
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Narendra Modi
Narenda Modi is the 15th Prime Minister of India, and the first PM born after Independence.

  • Added: May 27, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
Europeans Fret Over Politically Incorrect Gesture (February 6, 2014)
From: Timothy Spangler
Series: The Bigger Picture
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What a popular new hand gesture in France can tell us about the line between offensive and racist.

  • Added: Feb 05, 2014
  • Length: 02:01
The Uncomfortably Familiar Face Of Evil (January 30, 2014)
From: Timothy Spangler
Series: The Bigger Picture
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What recently discovered personal letters from a senior Nazi can tell us about the uncomfortably familiar face of evil.

  • Added: Jan 29, 2014
  • Length: 02:01
The Gender Gap in China (January 23, 2014)
From: Timothy Spangler
Series: The Bigger Picture
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What the growing gender gap in China can tell us about future threats to an increasingly worried Communist Party leadership in Beijing.

  • Added: Jan 22, 2014
  • Length: 01:56
Worries Over Brazil World Cup Mounting (January 9, 2014)
From: Timothy Spangler
Series: The Bigger Picture
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What delays in completing preparation in Brazil for the World Cup can tell us about the pros and cons of hosting global sporting events.

  • Added: Jan 08, 2014
  • Length: 01:58
North Korean Elite Devours Its Own (December 19, 2013)
From: Timothy Spangler
Series: The Bigger Picture
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What the execution of the North Korean supreme leader’s uncle can tell us about the future stability of this isolated, and impoverished, country.

  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:12
France, the Gendarme of Africa (December 12, 2013)
From: Timothy Spangler
Series: The Bigger Picture
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What French intervention in Africa this week can tell us about the importance of avoiding failed states and safe havens.

  • Added: Dec 11, 2013
  • Length: 02:11